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almost equal strength and courage before the Emperor 

 Jehangire, the Emperor Akbar's son and successor. 

 The Emperor was hunting lions in the Punjaub. A lion 

 had been wounded, but was still alive ; the noble 

 advanced to it, drew his sword, and with one blow 

 severed the lion's head from his body. As a reward for 

 his courage, the Emperor, as he records in his memoirs, 

 bestowed on the noble high promotion. 



The Emperor Jehangire died in 1627 of our era. 

 We may conclude, I think, that at that time the lion 

 existed and was fairly numerous both in the Punjaub 

 and in the other tracts of country I have mentioned. 

 At the time of my arrival in India, which was some 

 years previous to the Mutiny, the lion was, I believe, 

 unknown in the Punjaub, and in the upper provinces 

 it was found only in the district of Banda, which is 

 situated in the extreme south-west. 



I will conclude these remarks on the disappearance 

 of the lion with a few words regarding the lion itself, 

 that is to say, the lion as found in India. I should 

 mention that I have never myself seen one, but I have 

 always heard it described as an animal very inferior to 

 the lion of Africa, both in size, strength, and also in 

 majesty of appearance. In Terry's account of his 

 residence in India an engraving is given of the standard 

 of the Emperor Jehangire. The engraving is stated to 

 have been copied from an Indian painting. The device 

 on the standard is a lion couchant, with a representation 

 of the sun either rising or setting immediately behind 

 it. The lion as depicted is a true lion, with shaggy 

 mane and tufted tail. 



